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{{short description|Irish sportsman|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2008}}
{{Infobox Gaelic games player
| code= Hurling
| sport = Hurling
| image =
| name = Barry Foley
| irish = Barra Ó Foghlú
| feet = 5
| inches = 10
| nickname =
| county = Limerick
| province = Munster
| club = [[Patrickswell GAA|Patrickswell]]
| clubs =
| clyears = 1993-present
| clapps(points) =
| clcounty = 6
| clprovince=
| clallireland =
| counties = [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]]
| icposition = Midfield
| icyears = 1996–2008
| icapps(points) = ? (6-39)
| icprovince = 1
| icallireland = 0
| nhl = 1
| allstars = 0
| clupdate =
| icupdate =
| birth_date={{Birth date and age|1977|5|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place=[[Patrickswell]], [[County Limerick]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
}}
'''Barry Foley''' is an Irish sportsman. He plays [[hurling]] with his local club [[Patrickswell GAA|Patrickswell]] and was a member of the [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]] senior inter-county team from 1996 until 2008.<ref>{{cite web
|title=Foley, Barry
|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Limerick/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=44480
|accessdate=2010-07-14
|date=15 November 1996
|author=Tom Morrison
|work=[[Hogan Stand]]
}}</ref>

==Early life==
Barry Foley was born in [[Patrickswell]], [[County Limerick]] in on 12 May 1977. He was born into a family that had a strong association with hurling. His father and uncles all played for Patrickswell and one uncle, [[Seán Foley]], won an All-Ireland medal in 1973. Foley was educated locally and later attended secondary school in [[Limerick]]. Here he won a Harty Cup medal in 1993 and was named "Man of the Match" in the final.

==Playing career==
===Club===
Foley plays his club hurling with [[Patrickswell GAA|Patrickswell]]. He has enjoyed much success with the club, winning county medals at under-14, under-15, under-16, minor and under-21 levels. In 1995, he won his first [[Limerick Senior Hurling Championship|senior county]] medal. He won another two county medals in 1996 and 1997 before winning his fourth and fifth county titles in 2000 and 2003. In 2006, Foley narrowly missed out on winning a sixth medal when Patrickswell were defeated by a single point by Bruree.

===Inter-county===
In the early 1990s, Foley played for both the [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]] minor and under-21 hurling teams but with little success. In 1996, he made his senior debut in a [[Munster Senior Hurling Championship|Munster Championship]] game against [[Clare GAA|Clare]]. Limerick later won the Munster final and Foley had his first senior inter-county success. In the subsequent [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|All-Ireland]] final, Foley's side lost to [[Wexford GAA|Wexford]]. The following year he won his first [[National Hurling League]] medal. However, since then, Limerick's senior hurling fortunes have taken a downturn and Foley has failed to add any more winners' medals to his collection.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Limerick Hurling Team 1996}}
{{Limerick Hurling Team 1997}}
{{Limerick Hurling Team 2006}}
{{Limerick Hurling Team 2007}}

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[[Category:1977 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Limerick inter-county hurlers]]
[[Category:Patrickswell hurlers]]


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